Background
Trindade, Armando was born on October 25, 1927 in Goa. Son of Athanasius Crispin and Olinda (D'Souza) Trindade. arrived in Pakistan, 1927.
Trindade, Armando was born on October 25, 1927 in Goa. Son of Athanasius Crispin and Olinda (D'Souza) Trindade. arrived in Pakistan, 1927.
Master in Philosophy, Papal University, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1946. Master in Theology, Papal University, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1950. Master of Arts with honors, Oxford (England) University, 1960.
Master of Arts in Education, University Notre Dame, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Stanford University, 1971.
He received his religious training at the Papal Seminary, Kandy, Sri Lanka and was ordained a priest on 6 May 1950. Until 1962 he was principal of the Street Lawrence"s Boys High School in Karachi. He went on to become principal of Street Paul"s English High School where he remained until 1973.
He also edited Christian Voice, Karachi the archdiocesan weekly.
On 5 July 1973 Pope Paul VI appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore, Pakistan. On 10 July 1975 he was appointed Bishop of Lahore and on 23 April 1994 was appointed Archbishop of Lahore.
He has also been president of the Catholic Bishops" Conference of Pakistan. Archbishop Armando died on 31 July 2000.
Over 100 priests and nuns with lighted candles escorted the archbishop"s body to the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore in a procession before the funeral Mass on August 5, 2001.